I recently did a book review on Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen. This interesting book explores the possibility that the activities of humankind–and […]
This Place in the Woods – The Great Trinity Forest
Several years ago I ran a long term trail camera survey in Dallas’ Great Trinity Forest. The objective of that project was to explore the […]
Coyotes and Armadillos
Dateline – Summer 2022 – North Denton County Earlier in the summer I began to explore in—what for me was—a new area of the urban […]
Urban Wildlife After Dark
The people of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex are fortunate to share our city with a wide variety of urban wildlife. We have here in the […]
The Burrow
DATELINE – Winter 2022 – Carrollton, Texas I first noticed this burrow late last winter while exploring a creek bed running through a typical North […]
Skulls and Other Bones
They say that death is a natural part of life. Nowhere is that more evident than when you are out exploring in the great outdoors. […]
This Place in the Woods – Autumn into Winter
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third article in a three-part series about Dallas/Fort Worth urban wildlife found in the feral and untamed corners of the metroplex. […]
Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Bobcats and Coyotes
Dateline – August 13, 2021 – Carrollton, Texas Only a couple of times a year do I get an opportunity to photograph Bobcats or Coyotes […]
Bobcat Central
Dateline – Winter and Spring 2021 – Lewisville, Texas It quickly became apparent that this was a real Bobcat hotspot shortly after I setup my […]
Is It Is or Is It Ain’t?
A Confirmed Cougar Sighting in East Texas? Some of you may have already seen this story from the Tyler Morning Telegraph. If you haven’t, you […]
The Painted Coyote
Dateline – Summer 2020 – Dallas, Texas Some of you may remember from a few years ago a story I did about an encounter with […]
This Place in the Woods – Spring, Summer, and Fall
Dateline – Spring, Summer, Fall 2019 – Denton County EDITOR’s NOTE: This is a followup to an earlier article… This Place in the Woods – […]